I'm one of a dying breed who goes out and tours all the time. Labels don't spend the money to send people out to play before they become famous, but we did do that so the fans we have are word of mouth fans who have been travelling around with us for years, and they buy the albums, but they are also the ones who go out and get the bootlegs. I don't discourage bootlegging, I like playing live, I don't think it hurts my album sales at all if there are bootlegs out there. Who cares?

I am sweet, I am ugly, I am mean if you love me. I'll try hard just to please you, when I say I don't need you.

Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

We talk about defining moments, but I think nothing can define you. They're all refining moments. You're constantly refining yourself and refining your life.

If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?

When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.